Subject: Re: multiple printers with papd?
From: Mark Smith (mcs@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 16 1993 - 14:25:17 EST
>From: "Jay Plett" <jay@Princeton.EDU>
> To: netatalk-admins@itd.umich.edu
>
> The syntax of etc/papd.conf seems geared to defining only
> a single printer. Trying to run multiple papd's, each with
> a separate config file, doesn't seem to work--the second
> papd logs:
> Feb 16 12:11:58 wolf papd[22192]: pap_slinit
> Feb 16 12:11:59 wolf papd[22192]: initialize: Bad file number (exiting)
>
> How do I make more than one Unix printer available to Macs
> using papd?
Yes, it is true that the current version of papd requires separate
config. files for each instance. The error reporting during
initialization is also not very good. I don't think the "initialize:
Bad file number" is an accurate error message. The pap_slinit call in
etc/papd/common_sources/server.c is failing. It can only fail if there
is a problem getting an ATP "socket" (atp_open) or if the NBP name
register fails. Are you using different choosername: lines in your
papd config. files? I can't think of any good reason why the atp_open
call should fail for the second papd process.
-Mark Smith
University of Michigan Info Tech Division Unix Group
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